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Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« on: February 15, 2012, 09:40:40 PM »
Anyone have any good shtickle, how to roam in Israel - with sprint {voice, text, data}, without getting charged too much.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2012, 09:57:52 PM »
Which phone do you have?

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2012, 10:02:16 PM »
Anyone have any good shtickle, how to roam in Israel - with sprint {voice, text, data}, without getting charged too much.
ya, just get a prepaid plan in israel. sprint will prob charge u more than thos prepaid israeli sim

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2012, 11:07:46 PM »
Which phone do you have?
You have an idea for any specific phone? I'll get it.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 11:11:37 PM »
ya, just get a prepaid plan in israel. sprint will prob charge u more than thos prepaid israeli sim
I wanna have my american number, and not cancel my current plan.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2012, 11:27:45 PM »
I wanna have my american number, and not cancel my current plan.
how long are you going for?

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2012, 11:34:07 PM »
how long are you going for?
A year.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2012, 12:22:13 AM »
A year.
then get yourself an israeli plan - they come without contract and put ur line with ur sprint number on hold for the year - small fee every month

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2012, 12:29:46 AM »
then get yourself an israeli plan - they come without contract and put ur line with ur sprint number on hold for the year - small fee every month
Thanks, That I was aware of. I am looking for some sort off shtickle too be able to roam.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2012, 07:52:17 AM »
@real-brisker you want to use the internet? Are you just looking to reecieve the text messages?

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2012, 08:56:50 AM »
@real-brisker you want to use the internet? Are you just looking to reecieve the text messages?
Both. The more the better.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2012, 10:09:28 AM »
there is wifi all over israel if your phone has wifi that would take care of the internet

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2012, 11:11:35 AM »
yeki89 - Yeh, but Its not as reliable as having 3g on the phone, whereever you are.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 11:29:55 AM »
i once heard that incoming messages are free if you dont open them. Im not sure of the validity of thast statement

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2012, 02:51:38 PM »
yeki89 - Intresting, thats a start.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2012, 03:25:43 PM »
i once heard that incoming messages are free if you dont open them. Im not sure of the validity of thast statement
That never made sense to me as how would your carrier know if you opened a SMS or not.

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2012, 03:29:59 PM »
That never made sense to me as how would your carrier know if you opened a SMS or not.
The txt message will cost you regardless if you open it or not.

@real-brisker Are you going to brisk? They let phones with internet?  ;)
Maybe you could get a talk n save phone with an American #, and set up fwding from ur sprint phone to ur talk n save one

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2012, 03:32:52 PM »
The txt message will cost you regardless if you open it or not.

@real-brisker Are you going to brisk? They let phones with internet?  ;)
Maybe you could get a talk n save phone with an American #, and set up fwding from ur sprint phone to ur talk n save one
You can fwd for free to a US# with  GV

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2012, 03:38:44 PM »
You can fwd for free to a US# with  GV
How will he then receive it on his cell phone is Israel (if he doesn't have internet)? Maybe port his cell # to google voice, and that will be his google voice #, this deff will make all fowarding options easier

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Re: Any good ideas for Sprint Roaming while in Israel?
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2012, 03:43:10 PM »
How will he then receive it on his cell phone is Israel (if he doesn't have internet)? Maybe port his cell # to google voice, and that will be his google voice #, this deff will make all fowarding options easier
I was just adding to your Idea of getting an Israeli cellphone with an american # and fwding his calls to that number. Using sprint to fwd your calls is very expensive so I was just advising using GV instead.